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Zambia Reflections (Part 1)
I’ve been back from Zambia for a couple of weeks now. In hindsight, I’m grateful for the snow at the beginning of March, which saw...
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CMS Ireland
- Mar 28, 2018
Palm Sunday
It’s Palm Sunday and, of course, a special Sunday service to celebrate Jesus riding that donkey into Jerusalem. These days I am filling a...
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Roger Cooke
- Mar 9, 2018
In Praise of March
March - a bridging month between Winter and Spring, a time of looking forward with hope…to brighter evenings, to warmer weather and to...
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Jenny Smyth
- Mar 7, 2018
Standing Firm
The music has just started up for church, so the service may begin within the next hour. The lectionary readings are from Jeremiah and...
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Jenny Smyth
- Mar 1, 2018
Working Together
Leaving Archbishop Richard and Rev Adrian in the capable hands of Archbishop Chama and the Scotts, I flew on to Nairobi on Monday to...
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CMS Ireland
- Feb 28, 2018
A day at St John's
Yesterday (Tuesday 27th) Archbishop Richard Clarke and myself spent the day teaching in St John’s Anglican Seminary in Kitwe. CMSI...
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CMS Ireland
- Feb 28, 2018
Church visits and final farewells
The concluding element of the CMSI Partner Visit to the Diocese of Northern Zambia involved Archbishop Richard and myself visiting...
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CMS Ireland
- Feb 21, 2018
Arrival in Zambia
The CMSI Zambia team, consisting of Archbishop Richard Clarke, Jenny Smyth and Rev Adrian Dorrian arrived safely in Zambia on Tuesday...
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Linda Abwa
- Feb 21, 2018
Prayerful Partnerships
When I worked as one I always relished the meaning of the word midwife: with women. It encompasses the full range of the job role which...
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Roger Cooke
- Feb 16, 2018
Archbishop of Armagh to visit Zambia
On Monday 19th February, CMSI’s Patron, Archbishop Richard Clarke, will join the society’s Mission Director, Jenny Smyth and the Chair of...
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CMS Ireland
- Feb 13, 2018
A big surprise!
Keith did not go down to the woods that day, but he was still in for a big surprise. Berry, one of our colleagues here at the seminary,...
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Linda Abwa
- Dec 21, 2017
Light shines in the Darkness
CMSI Partnership Coordinator, Linda Abwa recalls a visit to DR Congo earlier this year as she reflects on the Advent themes of light and...
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CMS Ireland
- Dec 18, 2017
Lessons from Scrooge
Jenny Christie reflects on a popular Christmas story as she considers the transformation that comes from engaging with real stories and...
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CMS Ireland
- Sep 19, 2017
Preparing to go
From the end of September, Andrea Givans from Ballinderry Parish in Cookstown will be undertaking a 10-week Short Term Experience...
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CMS Ireland
- Sep 12, 2017
Of Jacarandas and Pomegranates
When we first came to Zambia in 2002, the house was new, and the surroundings were basically a building site. We brought in top soil and...
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